My Dear friends, Re: 100%DA ISSUE:PERTAINING TO PRE-NOV.2002 RETIREES - REVIEW PETITION FILED IN SUPREME COURT BY UBIRWA ON 02 07 2018 Referring to the above, I reproduce the text of the communication ref.No.UBIRWA/CC/CIRCULAR/40/2018 dated 27th. June, 2018 issued by the Gen.Secy of UBIRW giving a brief account of the Review Petition filed by them in the Supreme Court very recently. The contents are self-explicit: QUOTE: UNITED BANK OF INDIA RETIREES’ WELFARE ASSOCIATION CENTRAAL COMMITTEE (AFFILIATED TO AIBRF) ( D. BHATTACHARYYA; “Dipanwfta”, W1/6, 78 Chetla Road ; Kolkata-700027 ubirwa@refiffmail.com ) Ref No.ubirwa/cc/circular/40/2018 27th. June, 2018 All Area/State Committees and CC Members: In 8th. Bipartite Settlement/Joint Note Signed by Bank Trade Unions/Associations & IBA in June 02,2005, DA payment formula was improved by doing away tapering system and introducing single rate to ensure 100 percent compensation against price rise to all employees. But for pensioners who retired from service before 1st. November , 2002, continued to get Dearness at tapering rate, denying the benefit of 100 percent compensation against price rise as offered to pensioners retired after 1st.November, 2002. Thus pensioners were divided into two classes – one retired prior to 1st.November, 2002 and the other retired after 1st. November, 2002. UBIRWA filed Writ Petition in Calcutta High Court in its endeavour to correct this discrimination. Judgments of both single and the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court went in our favour. United Bank of India filed Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court against the judgment of Calcutta High Court. Meanwhile, some pensioners in Madras High Court file a Writ Petition on extension of 100 per cent compensation against price rise to pre-November 2002 pensioners. They won in single bench, appealed in Dvision Bench but its judgment went against the petitioners. They filed Special Leave Petition which was dismissed by Supreme Court. So, when SLP of United Bank of India came up for hearing , Supreme Court disposed the same in line with judgment upholding the Madras Division Bench Judgment. Another problem was that our lawyer was not adequately briefed by AIBRF team who was looking after the case in Supreme Court. In Calcutta High Court, the undersigned handled the case . I was not asked to brief the lawyer to carry the matter in their favour. Now we are preparing Review Petition of the Judgment to be submitted in Supreme Court within next 2nd . July. Our endeavour is to persue our endeavour to fight till last. If Review Petition is dismissed, we shall go for Curative Petition which will be heard by five (5) Judge Bench. Now over 1,20,000 pre-2002 pensioners are eagerly waiting for the outcome of the legal battle. “Last Stroke of hammer breaks the stone, It does not mean earlier strokes were useless” Sd./- (Debesh Bhattacharyya) General Secretary =================================================== We have filed the Review Petition in Supreme Court on 02 07 2018 vide Diary No.23564/2018 =================================================== UNQUOTE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4YnKxLBhG61eNavDgBjOo_pG_adyU0-/view